Victoria Siddall
British gallerist
Victoria Siddall (born 1977) is a British gallerist, and the director of the National Portrait Gallery in London. She was appointed in August 2024. She was inaugural director of the Frieze Masters art fair, and a co-founder of environmental campaign groups the Gallery Climate Coalition and Murmur.
Early life
Siddall was born in 1977 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and as her father was in the army, the family lived in several countries. She was educated at boarding school from the age of 8.
Siddall earned a bachelor's degree in English and philosophy from the University of Bristol.
Career
After university, Siddall worked for British auction house Christie's for over three years. In 2004, she joined London's Frieze Art Fair, and in 2012 was the founding director of Frieze Masters art fair, before becoming Global Director, overseeing all of Frieze's art fair operations, in London and New York, from 2014, and launching Frieze Seoul in 2022.
She joined the trustee board of Studio Voltaire, London, in 2012, and served as chair of the board of trustees between 2012 and 2024.
In August 2024 she was appointed the thirteenth director of London's National Portrait Gallery, the first woman to be appointed to the role in the gallery's 168-year history.
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